Colin Jackson and his sister, Suzanne | The Sunday Times Show all Colin Jackson and his sister, Suzanne Colin Jackson CBE, 38, set the world record for the 110-metre hurdles in 1993 and won 44 consecutive hurdles victories. He retired from athletics in 2003 and is now a motivational speaker. He was runner-up in Strictly Come Dancing in 2005 and takes part in its end-of-year special on Christmas Day. He traced his family roots in a recent Who Do You Think You Are?, and in January he presents Colins Wales on ITV Wales. He lives alone in Cardiff. His sister, Suzanne Packer, 43, is an actress who plays the role of Tess Bateman in Casualty. She is divorced from the American actor Jesse Newman and lives in Cardiff with their son, Paris, 3 Published: 17 December 2006 Print SUZANNE: The day Colin was born, I went upstairs with my father and grandfather to see Mum, who was on the bed holding this pinky, crinkly thing.

I have flashes of memory of Colin dressed up to go to Sunday school, but mostly I remember him as an incredibly active child. He was never still. Being nearly five years older, I was responsible for Colin — something I took on quite naturally. Mum and Dad both worked, so in the holidays we had to amuse ourselves. We only went away once, to Brixham in Devon — our parents couldn’t afford holidays. But the housing estate where we lived was surrounded by greenery and woods. Colin and I would walk for miles, exploring and having adventures. We were never bored. We used to play badminton. There was no net, just an imaginary line, and I’d make certain Colin was on the side where Subscribe now BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | 'Stunned' by Jackson's dancing 'Stunned' by Jackson's dancing Jackson's sister says there is an extra demand on the ex-athlete As bookies tip Colin Jackson to become the first man to win Strictly Come Dancing, his sister has spoken of her shock at his dancing skills. Jackson will square up to DJ Zoe Ball and cricketer Darren Gough for the live final of the Saturday night TV show.

Jackson's sister Casualty actress Suzanne Packer said of his success so far: "It's been nearly 12 weeks and I'm still stunned." Ladbrokes put Jackson at 8-11 with Zoe Ball at 5-2 and Darren Gough at 3-1. Ms Packer - who plays dedicated nurse manager Tess Bateman in Casualty - will be among the audience for the live dance floor denouement between the celebrities. Remarking on her brother's new-found talent, she told BBC Radio Wales: "It's a shock. I've always known that he's got good rhythm, but I would never have dreamt that he could retain dance sequences and then perform them as though he was a professional. Casualty actress Suzanne Packer says she admires all contestants "I will certainly be rooting with my whole being for Colin to win." She added: "I have to say, if it went on performance, strictly, then Colin should win.

It's not that Darren hasn't been progressing brilliantly, but if I was to go and be incredibly objective, if I was talking about ability and skill factor, I definitely think Colin is ahead there." The actress praised all the contestants for being willing to "come out of their comfort zone" by taking on the live television challenge. But, she said, her brother had to overcome another challenge - simply being a man. "The man has to not only learn the steps and the routine but also has to learn to lead, so if you're an absolute beginner, you really will struggle to take the floor," she said. 'Extra demand' "Whereas, a woman can be made to look good if they have a very good male partner who's leading. "I know this from very personal experience. I'm not a dancer but I've done musicals where I've had to dance and I've been fortunate to have male partners who are dancers. "And I've come out, and people have said to me 'I never knew you danced so well'.

They (male partners) made me look good, whereas I think there's just an extra demand on Colin." Described as Britain's finest ever sprint hurdler, Jackson has already done better in the dance competition than fellow Welshman Aled Jones, who made it to the semi-finals last year. His Saturday night performances have also landed him a spot performing Singin' in the Rain during the BBC Sport Personality of the Year show last Sunday. When he is not on the dance floor, Cardiff-born Jackson is a regular commentator on athletics for the BBC. BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information Week 31 Born To Run: The Making Of Colin Jackson Feature Colin Jackson – The Making Of Me Thursday 31 July on BBC ONE What factors turn an athlete into a world champion? Genetics? Natural talent? Hard work? Luck? As BBC One's new science series, The Making Of Me, continues, Olympic silver medallist and 110m hurdles world record holder Colin Jackson is tested, almost to destruction, in a bid to find the answers and discovers what it was that made him a great athlete. Finding a way to stress out Jackson isn't easy.

Having competed in four Olympics, winning a silver medal in Seoul in 1988, he is accustomed to pressure. Since his retirement from top class athletics, the 41-year-old has become a familiar face on television, even donning white tie and tails to strut his stuff in front of the nation on Strictly Come Dancing. So, when scientists featured on BBC One's The Making Of Me asked him what might make his heart flutter just a little bit, he told them "You'll have to throw me out of a plane". As the Cardiff-born star, who still holds the world record for the indoor 60m hurdles, reflects: "I didn't think they'd actually do it!" Just as he was about to step through the door of the plane for his first ever parachute jump, Jackson was asked to take a psychological test. It was one of many that scientists using the latest techniques, brain science and genetic testing put him through to try to find out the extent to which nature and nurture combined to make him a world champion. Every aspect of Jackson's physical and mental make up was explored in order to define the traits and characteristics that made him a top athlete.

So much so that Jackson can surely add being one of the world's most tested men to his list of achievements. He'd already undergone DNA testing to help trace his ancestry for a 2003 edition of BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are?, but, in The Making Of Me, the science is geared more to discovering what makes him the man – the athlete – he is. "Anybody can find out where they're from,' says Jackson, "but this takes it one stage further – it's the final discovery. I've often asked myself whether I became a world champion by luck, whether it was written in the stars, or because I worked hard. I wanted to know whether it was nature or nurture?" To find out, Jackson travelled widely to meet experts in sports science. In Glasgow he meets a leading genetic scientist, who works on controversial research to find out why athletes of African descent dominate track events, to see whether his Jamaican heritage gives him a genetic advantage. In New York, it's his mental toughness in question as he undergoes brain scans while being exposed to traumatic images and subjected to physical pain. The Making Of Me also explores Jackson's early upbringing and family background, a crucial part in the forging of any top sportsman.

"Obviously you need your parents to give you the right genetic make-up to begin with," he says. "But there are so many other factors right from the start – do you go to a school that encourages you to do sport? Are there facilities nearby and will your parents take you to them? Then there's the mental aspect – you may have all the right ingredients, but if they're not combined in the right order you don't get the cake." Having long held the view that his success was "75 per cent talent and 25 per cent hard work", Jackson says his perception changed during the making of the programme, which reveals that even apparently random factors such as month of birth can affect a person's chance of making it to the top. "I really think it will affect everybody who watches it," he says. "It's the kind of programme where you sit there and say 'I never knew that'." Even the kind of muscle tissue a person has can have a bearing, as scientists at a research facility in Indiana reveal in tests on pea-sized chunks of muscle taken from Jackson's leg.

"It makes a difference to whether you're a sprinter or a distance runner," he explains, adding: "I'd be furious if they found out I could have been better at something else." In his case, that something else might well have been cricket. As a schoolboy he played for his county and he reckons it was only "the lazy gene" that steered him towards the athletics track rather than the cricket field. "I had a natural talent for things like cricket and table tennis; I'm not saying I would have gone on to be record holder or anything but I was naturally good at all sports. What swung it for me was that it was a three hour trip to get to cricket and just a 10-minute walk to the athletics venue." The Making Of Me also features contributions from friends and family, including Jackson's sister, Suzanne Packer, who plays Tess Bateman in BBC One's Casualty. She recalls the importance of athletics to the entire family and how her brother seemed born to run.

Jackson's supportive family upbringing is compared to that of fellow athlete Kriss Akabusi, a member of the British 4x400m relay team which famously defeated the USA in the 1991 World Championships, while Erin Boag, Jackson's professional partner in Strictly Come Dancing, recounts how she found him focused and driven to succeed. At the peak of his career Jackson didn't want sports scientists anywhere near him, fearing that their findings might have thrown him off track, so to speak. But, having been through such rigorous scientific testing, he now describes himself as a believer in what such research can tell athletes about themselves: "It would certainly have made a difference during my career because it shows that there were certain things I did in training – things I thought were important at the time – that made no difference at all. I could have put that time to better use doing something else." Such knowledge, he says, can help give athletes an extra edge, but in a country that doesn't always pride itself on its sporting prowess, does he feel we have the necessary commitment to get our youngsters to the top as the 2012 Olympics approach? "The most important thing is to get kids engaged," Jackson says.

"I do a lot of work encouraging people into sport; you'd be surprised what our youth can achieve with the right backing. If you work hard you absolutely will be successful." Having been involved with the London Olympic bid team, he now combines media work and coaching commitments with a role as an advocate for the 2012 Games, particularly outside London: "I took part in four Olympics and, as far as I was concerned, I represented not just Great Britain, but Wales and also Cardiff. That meant a lot to me and I really want to get across the spirit of the Games to people who may be asking what's in it for them. I hope that people all around the UK will be able to share it." Colin Jackson – The Making Of Me is the second of three 60- minute documentaries for BBC One. The other subjects in the series are Torchwood star John Barrowman , who asks what made him gay, and violinist Vanessa Mae, who explores the factors behind her musical talent.

Wonder Wales - pcook.ru Wonder Wales <iframe width="640" height="360" src="" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br><a href="">Wonder Wales</a> Wales' contribution to the world - Turn the volume up or use headphones. Comments to the video: Wonder Wales Dai Ashley 1 month ago Cymru am byth﻿ Nada Barton 2 months ago This Video need to be Updated and more in depth.maybe a mini series about Famous Welsh, ofwhich ofcourse there are alot. Also, someone should do a separate video of Famous people who have Welsh ancestry, or immediate Welsh Blood, I.e, Parents or Grandparents.﻿ nautilus 1 3 months ago Gwych, ond cofia maer darn diwedd yn anghywir Cymry ynani Brythoniaid a dim pobol ddiarth. felly Brython not Welsh , neu Brython not British neu equal British not less.diolch a dal ati.﻿ mizofan 6 months ago Well done.﻿ Miss McKenzie 10 months ago Mae hwn yn wych!

Oes na unrhyw gynllun i greu fideo gyda ffeithiau wedi eu diweddaru tebyg i hwn? Eisiau ei ddangos i ddisgyblion ysgol uwchradd.﻿ Jack P-J 2 months ago Rydym ni yna rwan! Jack P-J 2 months ago Rydym ni yna rwan! MrLlanllyfni 10 months ago Hefyd dwin despret i ddathlu y 20,000 person i weld y ffilm, felly os tin gallu perswadio pobl i wylio fo faswn in gwerthfawrogi fo. MrLlanllyfni 10 months ago Diolch MM. Dwi yn bwriadu diweddaru fo, di clywed am lawer mwy o gymry llwyddianus ers 5 mlynadd (heddiw tom parry jones, inventor y breathalyser), a dwi di dysgu mwy am neud ffilmiau hefyd. Gwych bo ti eisiau dangos o i'n plant.

Gyda llaw dwin un or trefnwyr cynllun Prosiect15, cyfres o talks 15 munud gan pobl ddiddorol cymraeg. Un cyntaf ar 8fed mehefin, ym Pontio ym Mangor, 6 siaradwr. BBC yn darlledu fo.

Thomas Watkins 11 months ago Update : The Originals ,Joseph Morgan.﻿ dyls365 11 months ago Bit late here but even our pirates were awesome, Black Bart, and priveteer Captain Henry Morgan.﻿ JonnyValleyBoy 1 year ago Unrhyw gyfle ar chi gynhyrchu newydd ac yn diweddaru un o'r rhain Brawd?﻿ Marc Delaney 1 year ago I don,t know why we argue about who this or that, Wales has survived against all odds for centuries, but for all knowledge shown here not a mention of Owain Lawgoch, or the fact that there was a large number of Welshmen who won battles of Crechy and Agincourt, mention 11 world boxing champions, but was more in reality as a few Welshmen beat world champions in beginning of 20th century, but as you had to knock out the holder in USA (no decision rule ), they weren't recognised in US, but were in Europe, and Welsh boxers almost to a man were wiped out in ww1.The mountain fighters of the era were renowned for their tough as teak attributes, do I care what some snotty English

 aristocrat or blind MP says, or a lanky coward car driver, do I fuck, we are bigger than that﻿ Bluelivesmatter 1 year ago Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago Ali G exemplifies the English view of Wales, innit﻿ Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago Calm down - England is an abbreviation of Engle Land - and the Engles (Angles) were Germans - hahahaha - and so were the Saxons - the Anglo Saxons worshipped Baal - and a lot of them still do﻿ Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago Not a problem Richard - everyone has to make sense of the narrative they manifest day by day, of their world and place in it, and theory of everything, on the strength of such knowledge they have when they do it, in their own way, one way or t'other' whether they write about it, like you and I, giving others opportunities to add and / or subtract, or not, as the case may be.

My credentials should you want to take a look are scattered in sites on the internet - here are the URLs of the most official - I have to warn you I'm a direct bloodline descendant of bred suicidally reckless royal dynastic ruler-warrior-savats from the Indus Valley civilisation and therefore a little potty but dont sleep under my bed as I'm too old for that now - My Website: - Huffington Post Blogs Archive: - Cable News Network iReport: - Face Book: - Current Pro Bono Campaign: Richard John Gilbo of Gwent (GilboShaggins) 1 year ago +Dadrian Tesq I'm not saying it does.Just explaining the real origins of England, Not the German Propaganda that is designed to Improve the popularity of the German Royals in England and abroad. Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago And this really matters to that guy in the states whose interest is Machynlleth Richard John Gilbo of Gwent (GilboShaggins) 1 year ago British tribes knew the Iceni Tribe as, The Icen-Glas, En-G.ENGland. Man have you took that German propaganda well.

You see, England was already in transition of being created with those Lloegrian tribes in England.Iceni included. However, they betrayed the Brits and joined the Saxons, Becoming known to the natives as Saesneg, Saxons. England is still called Lloegr in Welsh to this day. Even the ancient Wessex Flag has Welsh Origins. Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago Crikey - you are as mad as me - Yep - now Look up The British Chronicles by David Hughes for where they came from - language origin Indo Eurasian dispora via Crete, Troy and Italy - thence the Franks, ie., Germans, Angles and Saxons excommunicated by RC church for heresy of Arianism Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago Anglo Saxons worshipped Baal - need I say more﻿ Miss Emmie 1 year ago Cymru Am Byth ♡﻿ FreeThoughtDIY 2 years ago i have a question for welsh people on here: i'm american and was raised by my grandparents (grandfather was from mach and grandmother was from kentucky here in the u.s.), what's with all the socialist stuff with plaid cymru?

before you start saying oh another dumb american that doesn't understand politics and economics i'm actually quite well versed in both and have studied them for the better part of 10 years. i'm just curious as to what attracts some welsh people to the ideas of socialism as opposed to free markets (the actual definition of free markets, not the bullshit that is called free markets that are actually mixed markets controlled by governments)? i ask this because, my grandfather always went on about freedom (which i completely understand) yet wanted more and more government; isn't the problem in wales the government? it seems to me that wanting more of what's hurting you is antithetical to the cry of freedom that so many welsh people shout. i'm not saying i don't want wales to be free - i want EVERYONE to be free, but i don't grasp the fetish with socialism. not trying to offend, just genuinely curious is all.

diolch.﻿ Richard John Gilbo of Gwent (GilboShaggins) 1 year ago +Dadrian Tesq Go back further.The so called English crown was of Welsh Origins, Stolen after The Lloegrians(English) Betrayed the Brits to the Saxons and in doing so became known as The Saxons. i suggest you Read Armes Pydain and Watch videos such as.Alan Wilson Real British History and The Fraud of English History. The Native Brits that would become known as the Welsh had Royalty for hundreds of years before the Saxons got to Britain.Including a few Roman Emperors. Who was of Roman and British Blood. Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago You should understand this better as a citizen of the USA than the citizens of the UK.

The Plaid Cymru obsession with not for socialism - it would for Welsh monarchy if we had one - it is obsession against rule by English foreign monarchy - the English Crown of William the Conqueror - the same Crown as the English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish citizenry fought in the English Civil War and in the American War of Independence - that Plaid Cymru is social democratic is an accident of the environment in which we have existed here since 1087 as your grandfather would tell you if he was still wearing his mortal coil and I'm honoured and happy to be your surrogate of him for you - I bet you would be a yeoman or esquire of the royal division like me if it weren't for the Civil War and Independence War of the C17th. grandslam1998 1 year ago +FreeThoughtDIY The welsh are caring sharing people that is why many are socialists. Cymru was the first industrialized country in the world and many workers were exploited. Socialism is our last best hope!

Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago +Heskey forPresident I'm a retired welsh county surveyor and consequently steeped in the history of the Anglo Norman invasion of Wales. It began after the Anglo Norman capture of the allodial ownership of England but was as much exploitative of the working classes of Wales as was the case in England. The seeming nationalistic element of the existence of Plaid Cymru hides the fact that the underlying resentment of privilege and nepotism that I mentioned was towards the sovereignty of the land by the bloodline of William the Conqueror, who was French, not Welsh, albeit we were all Indo-Europeans, and therefore brothers under the skin. Republicanism is the ultimate aim of Plaid Cymru, as was the aim of the United States of America in the War of Independence. I am a member of that French bloodline and was born six months before the end of the Second World War, so I lived under the threat of assassination by the members of the community in which I was born and raised, for being an aristocrat, even though my father was a coal miner and my mother was an occupational nurse employed in the stone quarrying industry.

However I have asperger syndrome, which is a signature bloodline symptom of the Anglo Norman squires of William the Conqueror, so my life was so bizarre and complicated as a child that I self-harmed and attempted to kill myself physically, and when that proved futile, mentally, by self induced amnesias and total loss of personal identity. Still, it's something interesting to write about in my dotage, and I have published a trilogy and compendium of books that have become Amazon Best Sellers and as a result am a featured blogger on the Huffington Post. And you'll be pleased to know that I have the distinction of having been instrumental in reviving the fortunes of the former highways and transportation capital of Wales, namely, the Dyfi Biosphere, or Biosfer Dyfi, as Welsh speakers call it, in honour of the status of Mach, the former political capital of Wales. I hope that you can pay the town a visit, and feel the 'hiraeth' that makes Wales memorable. Heskey forPresident 1 year ago No worries. My comment was aimed at the topic starter and wasn't a response to anything you wrote. I can only relay what I've been told by others who were present during the war.

The key factor for wanting more socialist policies at that time was exploitation of the working class before and during the war. I'm not well read in history beyond that point but I imagine all those you mentioned were significant in shaping socialist thoughts in prior generations. Ægishjálmr 2 years ago tony blair is scottish!﻿ Marc Delaney 1 year ago +FredrickDeSherlock erm, you get more funding then England, the Welsh get far Less than England.so common sense should tell you about your funding theory, who has said Blair Welsh, he is certainly Scottish thank fuck MrLlanllyfni 2 years ago +FredrickDeSherlock think hes from because its just your opinion that he's scottish (regardless of how much you think you know he is), not sure its his opinion nor the opinion of lots of scottish or english people. some people claim cameron is scottish too. whether you think english establishment is unfair or not, it is the english establishment that like to deride wales whenever they get a chance. my personal experience is that the english people tend to take their lead from their establishment and in the main enjoy a contemptuous attitude towards the welsh.

and regardless of your debateable opinion on whether they get worse treatment, north england does not suffer the same attitudinal problem (and that is what this video is about). finally, this film was made to highlight what wales has done and what we could do. my only concern is for wales, i dont wish to have anything to do with england (although i do not wish them ill). if you worry about north england, good for you, go off and make your own film about it. this is a film about wales. Ægishjálmr 2 years ago Pfft, think he is from, I know he is from Scotland, English establishment is unfair too, it reflects badly on all english people. The north of england gets a worse deal than wales, less funding and no assembly. MrLlanllyfni 2 years ago At the start it says blair is part of the 'english establishment' buddy. calvin casey 2 years ago God bless Wales and the Welsh﻿ billotim 2 years ago Four more you can include. Dr.

John Davies born in the Rhondda, Waldo Williams a true Pembrokeshire lad, Hywel Dda and arguably one of the most important men in Welsh history Gerald of Wales.﻿ Lee Morgan 2 years ago I can feel my Welsh blood like dragons fire inside my veins.﻿ Lee Morgan 2 years ago We will always be here.﻿ Jay Girgis 2 years ago One day I will Join the list of those welsh actors who have won oscars!﻿ Jay Girgis 2 months ago +Dadrian Tesq someone just liked this, I needed to be reminded of your words of encouragement Dadrian Tesq 1 year ago Stick with it Jay - diligence and persistence - diligence and persistence - diligence and persistence Chris Smart 2 years ago You've made me cry, I live in Asia and no-one knows Wales they always say England, fair enough, geography lessons are not great here, wow..you've made my day, thank you, the only people in England who know who we are are the English rugby team and we come AGAIN and NOTHING NOTHING MEANS MORE than smashin you lot UP and we will!

2 words..SAM WARBURTON...he will then be added to this list﻿ Vincent Edwards 3 years ago as long as we beat the english﻿ Ccurgts 3 years ago Many thanks. Love this vid although mostly for the Welsh achievements rather than caring about what other countries say about us. I agree it would be nice to have a bigger profile like the Irish/Scots tho. Any way Yma O Hyd﻿ MrLlanllyfni 3 years ago CLUBBED TO DEATH ROB DOUGAN﻿ Ccurgts 3 years ago Safe Vsk 3 years ago Its ok we rape them dry at rugby lol.﻿ Safe Vsk 3 years ago America was also named after a welshman.﻿ Safe Vsk 3 years ago You can stick your fuckin chariots up your arse!﻿ the cow whisperer 3 years ago Oh like your mums blow jobs LOL﻿ chrimson chin 3 years ago These same media people that you so proudly point out put owian glyndwr as 7th on the list of influential people which is a bigger lie than anything else, henry 4th the man that chopped him up is more influential.

Im going to take a guess by your name that you are against the shutting down of parts of north wales NHS service? ﻿ Cadwaladr2012 3 years ago Whoever thinks Wales cant afford ground up independence in a connected peaceful world Has so VERY sadly fallen for media lies and propaganda over the hundreds of years It tears my heart out knowing the truth AND yet Im born in england with english parents..why cant welsh people wake up?﻿ Cadwaladr2012 3 years ago formula*﻿ Cadwaladr2012 3 years ago The truth is we subsidise London.as does other areas of the Birtish isles Please do not fall for Londons mass media lies They have a vested interest to rule us Ive studied for 5 years at university.all the evidence I have found through journals points to at least several trillions pounds worth of resource exploitation London funds us? Na wrong.so very very wrong barnett forumal underfunds us 300-540 million a year.and thats excludes the value of skills and resource nmbering billions﻿ TooPhilling 3 years ago Who's going to fund it?

I'm welsh, but I know if you cut yourself off from London you crucify you're economy. The world's run by cities not countries.﻿ Chris Todd 3 years ago Love it made me buzz Welsh and proud !!!﻿ MrLlanllyfni 3 years ago i dont think i said we are better , well at least i hope i didnt. im not trying to make out we're better than anyone else. per head of population is one of the fairest way of judging a country's achievements. if thats true about grenada then good for them, they should be proud, but greater than all other countries at sport ??!! thats a bit of a leap!﻿ chrimson chin 3 years ago You take luxury in pointing out that wales has a lower population per medal than countries like america, russia and the uk thus making wales better, so my question is grenada have an even lower population per medal so are they greater than all other countries at sport? ﻿ chrimson chin 3 years ago That definitely shows how superior you are if the wealthy english buggers raped your country dry.﻿ MrLlanllyfni 3 years ago best country in the world ?? what?

are we 5? best at what?﻿ chrimson chin 3 years ago Grenada has the highest olympic gold medals per capita than any other country, does this mean they are the best country in the world? ﻿ Andii C 3 years ago Mr Llanllyfni I enjoyed that video but would urge you to check a famous Welshman who made a unique contribution to aviation, please research Ernest Willows. It would make his relatives very proud to see him in this video of such illustrious company. There is a book on him entitled the Father of British Airships to give a flavour of his important contribution and achievement to aviation.﻿ Goalissimo2012 3 years ago Diolch Craig am dy negas a dy amser i ddatgen hanes!A da ni yma o hyd! A Gwinllan a roddwyd in gofal!

Cymru am byth!﻿ Gwlad1972 4 years ago Henry VII wasn't welsh.his ancestors were normans who's lands sit in the geographic area now known as Wales.﻿ 3tangle3 4 years ago Dont include Picton.a vile elitist Though Its funny how Im a direct descendant of Jemima nicolas and yet I couldnt care if the french had taken over.would have been just as bad﻿ 3tangle3 4 years ago no he isnt.cadwaladr is replying to mugenhond76﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago Cadwaladr, i hope you dont think i censored any of your comments, whatever was censored was nothing to do with me.﻿ Cadwaladr2012 4 years ago The UK state committed many crimes.you think censoring my comment changes the truth.I hope one day you will self educate yourself properly﻿ Grace Thompson 4 years ago He was a Welsh American.﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago Abhorrent! What were they thinking?﻿ The FAB Company Kim Davies 4 years ago And another thing.Frank Lloyd Wright is American!

﻿ The FAB Company Kim Davies 4 years ago Was going to share this then saw that they used a photo of Audrey Hepburn instead of Glynis John! Appalling research!!﻿ Andrew Evans 4 years ago Welsh history - not taught in our own schools (to try and preserve english 'superiority' ) / Welsh Language (indiginous) - not taught and disciplined harshly for attempting to speak our language - to make us feel inferior, until recently - Where where our human rights? Shyyte I forgot, oh yeah they only belonged to the wealthy english buggers that raped my country dry !!!﻿ Andrew Evans 4 years ago Don't let the english grind us down, like they have done over the last 500 yrs - Pobl o Gymru, mae'n hen bryd i ni ddangos tamaid o asgwrn cefn / Wales and the Welsh, show some fuckin backbone!! (or are we a bunch of fuckin ostriches who would rather bury our head in the sand and believe what our forefathers were told) - that we were not good enough!

﻿ Gwlad1972 4 years ago wow!﻿ Cadwaladr2012 4 years ago you are assuming hes supporting something completely different because he says he likes something..bad argumentative style, I would change it﻿ Cadwaladr2012 4 years ago what are you chatting about.the UK state has killed far more welsh than anyone else.the slaughter of WW1 remember?﻿ frances kupchuk 4 years ago what about Tommy Farr and Dai Dower. commmonwealth champs both﻿ flowerbower 4 years ago Yeaaah, but Josephson might owe that more to his Jewish ancestry. Also, he is none too bright - in general. He believes in the paranormal, even though there is no reputable scientific evidence for telepathy etc. Also, at the time when Eric Laithwaite was deluding himself about 'levitating' gyroscopes, Josephson made a comment which showed that he did not know how gyroscopes function either!﻿ Finanski9 4 years ago Mae Wcrain yn Gymru Slafeg.

- Dw i'n hoffi hwnnw !!!!!!﻿ Finanski9 4 years ago thanks mate!﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago i dont agree with you, im not saying theyre not good just that they still need to prove themselves. ﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago i didnt, hes not welsh.﻿ Jay Girgis 4 years ago 3:15 - 3:50 you forgot Christian Bale﻿ Jay Girgis 4 years ago 6:38 - 7:20 you also forgot only men aloud, only boys aloud and FEEDER﻿ Jay Girgis 4 years ago you forgot that pure welsh gold is the most valuable gold in the world﻿ MsGaspode 4 years ago Da Iawn !!!!! well lush, mega , stonkin !!!! will tell all the Tafia who live near me in East Lothian to watch it and I think that our Scottish mates will love it too well done !!!

﻿ 3tangle3 4 years ago @mizofan I am sure I heard that picton was one of the fascist landed elite.an imposed welsh elite from england also the tudors didnt really bring any prosperity to the welsh.merely the welsh land owners willing to ditch the language to come and live in London.peasantry life got no better under english law﻿ Thomas Allen 4 years ago Congratulations Wales, you have achieved many great feats and rightly deserve more recognition for it.﻿ Freimaco 4 years ago Diolch yn fawr iawn Mr Llanllyfni :)﻿ Apemanwithcalculator 4 years ago kinnock hated wales﻿ Apemanwithcalculator 4 years ago type say something in welsh into google.great site.improve my welsh no bounds mate :).i live in similar place like you﻿ gratzy2 4 years ago in music you forgot other popular groups such as marina and the diamonds, kids in glass houses, funeral for a friend, bullet for my valentine, goldie lookin' chain,﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago nice one Freimaco, we need more people like you here, croeso i

 gymru!﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago thanks mizofan.

i dont think independence is so far off, just think where we were 15 years ago, theres such a massive difference between the way we thought then and now. imagine where we'll be in another 15 years, devolution is a one way process.﻿ mizofan 4 years ago Ah, i understand your thinking. Yes, Kinnock would have won but for Murdoch and anti-Welsh prejudice, and ironically didn't do enough to challenge such thinking. And Welsh-born Tories have not been friends of Wales. Independence still seems a long way off. The media, as with so much, have a lot to answer for. It's still perfectly acceptable to insult Wales on TV, in fact it seemed a career boost for Clarkson and Robinson. Excellent job you've done anyway﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago .despite not winning an absolute shoe in of an election solely because he was welsh. all the other people you suggest were note worthy and great that they were welsh,but they havent set the world alight. as i said in an earlier post, the ony one i regret not including is lowri morgan.

and as for jemima nicholas, if only she hadnt captured those french invaders , imagine what wales would be like today!!!﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago TE lawrence, english, as are christian bale, timothy dalton, henry V, henry VII (who after being put on the throne by welshmen sold our country down the biggest river he could find) and edmund gwenn. i only wanted people who have lit the world alight and were/are also unashamedly/undeniably welsh. for that reason theres no way i could have included neil kinnock, a man who has consistantly done whatever he can to handicap this country, always deferring to our english masters, and this was.﻿ mizofan 4 years ago Sarah Siddons 18th century stage actress. Everest named after George Everest of Crickhowell. St David, St Patrick, St Malo, Rowan Williams. Golfer and winning Ryder captain Dai Rees sports personality of the year (Wales has had more than its share). Dafydd ap Gwilym great medieval poet.

Henry VII, victor at Bosworth started Tudor dynasty, brought peace and prosperity. Henry V of Monmouth, victor at Agincourt. Thomas Picton general killed at Waterloo. Jemima Nicholas captured French invaders﻿ mizofan 4 years ago Acting: as far as i know, Oscar winner Edmund Gwenn was either born in Wales or of Welsh parentage (different facts from different sources). Christian Bale was born in Wales. Peggy Cummins starred in the Film Noir classic Gun Crazy, while Timothy Dalton was James Bond. Self-raising flour invented by Henry Jones, and Lawn Tennis invented in Wales (Major Wingfield). Dawn French comedienne born Wales i believe. Betsi Cadwaladr nurse in Crimean war who took no nonsense from Nightingale.﻿ 3tangle3 4 years ago solidarity mate.there will always be a welcome in the hillside for honest ppl like you people before profit is the cry!!!﻿ TheCatarrinnn 4 years ago Respect. Like if you agree.﻿ Freimaco 4 years ago Yes she is. Julia Gillard was, as you say, born in Barry.﻿ Freimaco 4 years ago I agree.

I'm English by birth, but I've made Wales my home and I love living here. I've made an attempt to learn the language (which isn't at all difficult - try learning English as an adult!), but I live in an area where Welsh is seldom heard so I don't get much opportunity to practice. My children were all born in Wales and consider themselves Welsh - and so they should. Wales is a fine country, and her people are right to be very proud of their heritage.﻿ Freimaco 4 years ago Colin Jackson has a sister who is also famous throughout Britain. Suzanne Packer plays Sister Tess Bateman in the BBC 1 programme Casualty. Music - Only Men Aloud and their proteges Only Boys Aloud; Dafydd Iwan; Rhydian; Shan Cothi; Cor Meibion Treorci etc Politics - Dafydd Iwan (again); Leo Abse; Kenneth Baker; Julia Gillard. The list is almost endless, and far too long for one Youtube video.

Have a look for famous welsh people in Wikipedia.﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago if anyone, lowri morgan is the one feel bad about leaving out and that was an accident id never heard of her, amazing really when you consider that i was researching famous welsh people for the film. im sure had she have been english i would have heard a lot more about her.﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago hard to disagree, he made an outstanding contribution. unfortunately the film was a lot better until i had to chop it back to fit the 15 minute limit, so i had to be ruthless, and regardless of all his other acolades, colin never won an olympic gold and that is regarded in athletics as THE prize. ﻿ Apemanwithcalculator 4 years ago hes forgotten a fair few.i am sure he didnt deliberately leave them out﻿ John Evans 4 years ago What about Colin Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.

Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was a two-time Commonwealth champion. His world record of 12.91 seconds for the 110 m hurdles stood for over a decade, and he is also the 60 metres hurdles world record holder﻿ Apemanwithcalculator 4 years ago the welsh were culturally the old british, school doesnt tell you this. the welsh culture is from the brythonic culture.go read about it we get the name britannia off the romans..this is a corruption of celtic words pretain or as the welsh say prydain (britain)﻿ Apemanwithcalculator 4 years ago this isnt attacking the ppl of england.its attacking the state.we are in solidarity with honest men!! please dont judge us for being annoyed at the status quo﻿ Dannysubliminal 4 years ago Not all English mock the welsh, I love Wales, wonderful place.

﻿ Apemanwithcalculator 4 years ago @MrLlanllyfni you can go up to 10 hours now bachan :)﻿ MrLlanllyfni 4 years ago @Apemanwithcalculator, i agree but youre only allowed 15 minutes and i wanted to show welsh people who had changed the world rather than just changed cymru. the inventor of the fuel cell however is in the film,﻿ Jackson dancing to a different tune - Telegraph Jackson dancing to a different tune By Robert Philip 12:01AM GMT 03 Mar 2006 It says much about our 'reality TV', celebrity-obsessed society that Colin Jackson is better known for his cha-cha-cha than for being one of our greatest athletes. Described as the "best hurdler in history" by his fierce rival, Mark McKoy of Canada, Jackson won three outdoor and indoor world championships, seven European titles and two Commonwealth Games gold medals.

His 110-metres hurdles world record of 12.91sec, set in 1993, may have been equalled by China's Liu Xiang in 2002, but his indoor 60m mark of 7.30 has stood unchallenged for 12 years. For all those achievements he earned the nation's admiration and a CBE, but it was only when he donned white tie and tails or ruffled silk shirt and skin-tight flares in Strictly Come Dancing that he won our hearts. "And I don't mind that one bit," chuckles Jackson, who if chuckling ever became an Olympic sport would be a serial gold medallist. "No one needs to tell me how lucky I am to have fallen into the position whereby you have 10 million watching you live on a Saturday night, with hundreds of thousands of people sending text messages to help you to stay in a dance competition." Jackson is far more than a pair of gyrating hips, however.

He brought a refreshing sense of fun yet revealing insight to the BBC's coverage of the Turin Winter Olympics and will be awarded another starring role by his new employers at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne later this month. Given that his chosen sport of athletics now boasts so many great stages - the Olympics, World and European Championships, the Grand Prix circuit - have the Commonwealth Games not lost their lustre since he won his first gold medal in Auckland 16 years ago? "Not at all. Just as tennis and golf have their four 'major' championships, so the Commonwealth Games are still part of track and field's grand slam. There aren't many British athletes who've managed to win every single title available to them - I didn't for one. So for the top athletes who will prepare for Melbourne, just as they would an Olympics, it's very, very important. And, of course, what made it so exciting for me is that the Commonwealth Games were one of the few occasions on which I represented Wales rather than Team GB. "You do become separated - I wouldn't say segregated - from the rest of the British team and it's a time for your whole nation to get behind you. The English, Scots and Northern Irish athletes will feel exactly the same.

Because I'm so proud to be Welsh, it was always a tremendous thrill to pull on that red vest and stand on the podium as the strains of Land of my Fathers filled the stadium. Look at me, I'm grinning just thinking about it - that's a really special experience." The single missing piece of Jackson's personal grand slam is the Olympic title; a silver medallist at Seoul in 1988, injury and illness scuppered his ambitions in three subsequent Games' appearances in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney. Does he therefore look back on his previous existence as a hurdler with a sense of lingering regret? "Obviously, I'd loved to have an Olympic gold in my possession, especially when I won everything else in between. At the time, that grand slam of titles was the be all and end all.

I would have given anything to join that illustrious club of British Olympic champions, but where I am in my life now, I have to say it doesn't really make that much of a difference." From the age of 14 until his retirement 22 years later in 2003, Jackson devoted mind and body to the Olympic title that would forever be denied him, training harder, dieting more strenuously (it is rumoured that if thirsty he would suck a raw carrot rather than drink water to avoid feeling bloated) and generally depriving himself of the pleasures of life enjoyed by most young men. Was it worth the sacrifice or does he now feel he missed out? "No, I don't think I did miss out. As a teenager and young adult you want to do things you enjoy and it so happened I enjoyed athletics, so as far as I'm concerned I had the luxury of spending those years doing something I really, really loved. I not only performed at the highest level, I got very well paid for it as well. Some teenagers prefer listening to music and staying out all hours of the night and if that's what they enjoy, then that's fantastic.

But what I enjoyed was training and socialising with people who shared the same desires and hopes and dreams. I had a total commitment and undying passion for running 24/7, which is why I now look back and think I was mental. "But the spin-offs were unbelievable, and not just in financial terms. Most teenagers probably travel no further than Ibiza and, again, if that's their scene then good luck to them. But as an athlete I got to go to places I'd never dreamed of visiting when I was an apprentice electrician - and all at someone else's expense. I competed in Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, East Germany and Russia, long before the map of Europe changed and they became popular tourist destinations. And that's a great education because it gave me a little insight into other cultures and a flavour of what life was like beyond these shores. Sport gave me so many opportunities, not all of which I probably fully appreciated at the time." Now, having swapped running spikes for television smile, has Jackson renounced the existence of the devout ascetic, rejecting his previously monastic diet to devour chip butties and tankards of frothing ale?

"No, and I think that natural fitness built up over the years was one of the key elements why I was able to cope with the six-hours-a-day training I had to put in for Strictly Come Dancing. I never acquired a taste for alcohol so, though I'm not as fit as I was, I still look after myself." Although his sister, Suzanne Packer, is a well known face on our screens - she plays Tess Bateman in Casualty - Jackson was initially reluctant to follow his sibling into television when the BBC came a'wooing. "I'm a realist, so I knew the days when I was earning £25,000 a race weren't going to last forever - at the height of my athletics career I was living in a fantasyland. When that door closes you sit back and think, 'OK, what happens now?'. I hoped another door would open but when the BBC first approached I said no. Why? I think I just wanted a breather, to get out of the public eye for a while. " 'Well, give it a try, you might like it' was their reply and they were right, I absolutely love it.

It's exciting, you're constantly being challenged, which is great, and I've had to reinvent myself, getting the audience to believe in Colin Jackson the so-called presenter and not the athlete any more. And that's quite difficult, because I'm just me and I can't try to be what I'm not. I'll never be a serious journalist telling you about a drugs scandal, so what I try to do is bring out the different personalities of the various athletes and, hopefully, help the audience feel part of my learning curve. "Even as an athlete, I'd like to think I was a bit of an entertainer and sport - any sport - is an entertainment. Football, cricket, tennis or whatever crosses boundaries, not only geographical but cultural and linguistic. Everyone understands sport, because at its most simple, everyone knows you're the winner if you cross the line first. But, to me, it's deadly important that people like you as much off the track as they do on it." Jackson cheerfully admits that he is doubly blessed by being given a second high-profile and glamorous career in which he not only excels but which provides the same buzz and adrenalin rush of awaiting the starter's pistol.

But what is the best thing about television compared to athletics? "When I was flying home from the Winter Olympics, where I had been out in the fresh air working as a broadcaster and eating wonderful Italian food, it suddenly dawned on me that with the Commonwealth Games just around the corner, if I was still competing I'd be in the gym and starving right now. Instead of which I have a few commitments to fulfil, then I'm off skiing for five days before heading for the sunshine of Melbourne. "Going to a major championship as an athlete is entirely different because the pressure is incredible. It's judgment time when the whole world will be able to see how hard you've worked. That's when you turn into a peacock and want to show off your feathers. But the more you achieve, then the more feathers you've got to display until you think, 'I can't give you any bloody more, my tail is as wide as it can possibly get'.

What excites you when you're young becomes tiresome as you grow older, especially when you spot this other peacock away in the distance and as he comes closer and closer you see he has a little bit more tail feathers than you." But never mind the ancient sport of chuckling, if ballroom dancing succeeds in becoming a member of the Olympic family, can we expect to see Colin Jackson strutting his stuff for the paso doble gold medal? "Eh, no. It will be a tool I'll always have but, to be honest, thank God there have been no family weddings since I finished that show or I'd be in big trouble. Every gran and auntie would be grabbing me demanding, 'Come on, Colin, let's be having a little bit of a jig'. That's been the saving grace and, hopefully, there will be no weddings between now and the next series. They now regard me as the Fred Astaire of the Jackson family." And so, as the song goes: I won't dance, don't ask me, I won't dance, don't ask me, I won't dance, madame, with you, My heart won't let my feet do things that they should do. . .

Question: Suzanne Packer who plays 'Tess Bateman' in 'Casualty' is the sister of which now retired, World Champion athlete?
Answer: COLIN JACKSON